Cutter.



M. s. SHAPLEIGH. GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED EH15, 1907.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

MARSHALL S. SHAPLEIGH, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1907.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 355,826.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL S. SHAP- LEIGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cutters, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the production of a tool or deivce whichshall be adapted for easily and quickly cutting certain vegetables orfruits into a multiplicity of substantially cylindrical pieces, andespecially for thus cutting potatoes preparatory to frying or otherwisecooking the same.

The invention consists in certain novelties of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one complete example and fourmodifications of the embodiment of the invention constructed accordingto the best modes I have so far devised for the practical application ofthe prin ciple.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a double cutter. Fig. 2 is a sideview. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1 looking toward thehandle. Figs. l, 5, 6 and 7 are bottom plan views of modified forms ofthe cutting tool showing in outline the shapes of the cutters.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the numeral 1 designates a metallictubular handle; 2, caps which close the ends of the tube; 3, 3, twocylindrical cutters; 4, 4, the shanks which carry the cutters, eachshank being concavo-convex in cross section and the are less than asemi-circle so that the cut portions of a potato will not be held byfrictional contact with the sides thereof; 5, deflectors which may befastened within the concavities of the shanks by solder or otherwisewhen their presence in connection with the tool is desired; 6, themeeting surfaces of the cutters and shanks which in this instance aresoldered together and 7 designates the upper ends of the shanks wherethey are soldered or otherwise fastened to the handle.

Each shank and cutter may be manufactured by severing a blank ofsuitable shape from a piece of sheet metal, such as tin, pressing thepart designed for the shank to a concavo-convex shape, and fashioningthe lower end to a circular form and uniting the edges by solder on theline The entire device may also be cast integrally.

Fig. 4 shows the cutting edges of the device made angulareach of the twocutters being bounded by six sides.

Fig. 5 shows three cutters arranged about a common center.

Fig. 6 illustrates four cutters arranged about a common center.

Fig. 7 shows four cutters united, each cutl ter being square in plan andin cross section.

The shanks which carry these several modified shapes of cutters may eachbe concaveconveX, as shown by Fig. 1, and the shanks be united by solderor otherwise to secure rigidity. A handle is located at the ends of theshanks as in Fig. 1.

In some cases I may make the cutting edge of less diameter than thetubular or angular portion of the cutter above the edge so that the cutpieces will be more readily delivered from the tube.

In use the cutters are successively forced through the potato orpotatoes, and each successive act of cutting presses the cylinderspreviously out toward the handle where they fall away from the shanks bygravity or are delivered outwardly therefrom by the deflectors, whendeflectors are used.

What I claim is:

1. A tool having a handle, a plurality of concave shanks arranged backto back and secured to the handle, and a cutter at the end of eachshank, each of said cutters being open at the top so the material outcan pass to the shank.

2. A tool having a plurality of cylindrical cutters, a handle, and aplurality of shanks each secured at one end to the handle and at rightangles thereto and at the other end to a cutter; each of said shankswhere it joins a cutter having a concave surface in line with the innercurved surface of a cutter, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHALL S. SHAPLEIGH.

Witnesses:

AnoLPH A. ScHEUBER, JAMEs W. CUDMORE.

